Electrochemical roles of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms

Yong Xiao; Feng Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.coelec.2017.09.016

Electrochemical roles of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms

Yong Xiao, Feng Zhao^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Chemistry

Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Most microbial cells in nature are surrounded by extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which are fundamental components and determine the physiochemical properties of a biofilm. This review highlights the EPS properties of conductivity and redox ability from an electrochemical perspective, emphasizing recent findings that EPS play important roles in microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET). Basic information regarding EPS structure and components is required to better understand their effects on EET; future directions are briefly discussed.

Original language	English
Journal	Current Opinion in Electrochemistry
Volume	4
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	206-211
Number of pages	6
ISSN	2451-9103
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coelec.2017.09.016
Publication status	Published - 2017

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